Artificial implants have been commonly used to replace or fix damaged tissue in orthopedics. However, due to the inter-individual differences and the complexities of anatomical structures and load conditions, traditional implants cannot meet the clinical requirements. In recent years, questions relating to customized artificial implants have been getting more and more attention from the research community. Challenges to implementing precision design and evaluation arise not only from the design need of considering bionic structures, kinematical function, mechanical performances, and biological functional similarity but also from the multiscale comprehensive evaluation, the latter involves biomechanics and biotribology of musculoskeletal systems from macro musculoskeletal multibody dynamics to micromechanics of porous structures. Established analysis technologies such as musculoskeletal multibody dynamics modeling and neuromusculoskeletal modeling are being well developed and evolved through combining/coupling with finite element analyses and, more recently, by novel artificial intelligence approaches.
This Research Topic aims to develop precise bionic design methods of customized artificial implants, including but not limited to artificial joint and bone implant and fixation-plate, encourage the exploitation and application of novel approaches and testing techniques in evaluation, facilitate coupled or combined application of multiscale methods, advance our understanding of biomechanics and biotribology of a customized artificial implant. We hope to attract world-leading research that comprehensively demonstrates how surgeons can design artificial implants more precisely, accurately judge the compatibility, safety, stability, and effectiveness of implants, and promote the high-efficiency design and clinical application of customized artificial implants. With a view to multiscale evaluation, the Research Topic also welcomes contributions that can demonstrate a step-change in accelerating the development of functional design and quality control brought about by novel approaches and insight into the biomechanics and biotribology of customized artificial implants.
Topics considered relevant here include new precision bionic design and multiscale evaluation methods and their application. Both original research articles and systematic reviews are welcome whilst we will not consider subjective/narrative reviews.
The topics of interest in customized artificial implants include but are not limited to:
• Bionic design methods and applications
• Intelligent design or evaluation methods and applications
• Multiscale computational simulation and evaluation
• Multilevel experimental testing
• Evaluation from multiple perspectives (biomechanics, biotribology, and biology)
Artificial implants have been commonly used to replace or fix damaged tissue in orthopedics. However, due to the inter-individual differences and the complexities of anatomical structures and load conditions, traditional implants cannot meet the clinical requirements. In recent years, questions relating to customized artificial implants have been getting more and more attention from the research community. Challenges to implementing precision design and evaluation arise not only from the design need of considering bionic structures, kinematical function, mechanical performances, and biological functional similarity but also from the multiscale comprehensive evaluation, the latter involves biomechanics and biotribology of musculoskeletal systems from macro musculoskeletal multibody dynamics to micromechanics of porous structures. Established analysis technologies such as musculoskeletal multibody dynamics modeling and neuromusculoskeletal modeling are being well developed and evolved through combining/coupling with finite element analyses and, more recently, by novel artificial intelligence approaches.
This Research Topic aims to develop precise bionic design methods of customized artificial implants, including but not limited to artificial joint and bone implant and fixation-plate, encourage the exploitation and application of novel approaches and testing techniques in evaluation, facilitate coupled or combined application of multiscale methods, advance our understanding of biomechanics and biotribology of a customized artificial implant. We hope to attract world-leading research that comprehensively demonstrates how surgeons can design artificial implants more precisely, accurately judge the compatibility, safety, stability, and effectiveness of implants, and promote the high-efficiency design and clinical application of customized artificial implants. With a view to multiscale evaluation, the Research Topic also welcomes contributions that can demonstrate a step-change in accelerating the development of functional design and quality control brought about by novel approaches and insight into the biomechanics and biotribology of customized artificial implants.
Topics considered relevant here include new precision bionic design and multiscale evaluation methods and their application. Both original research articles and systematic reviews are welcome whilst we will not consider subjective/narrative reviews.
The topics of interest in customized artificial implants include but are not limited to:
• Bionic design methods and applications
• Intelligent design or evaluation methods and applications
• Multiscale computational simulation and evaluation
• Multilevel experimental testing
• Evaluation from multiple perspectives (biomechanics, biotribology, and biology)
